Re: [GENERAL] To Postgres Devs : Wouldn't changing the selectlimit

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>, lockhart@fourpalms.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Hackers List <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-10-23T21:25:42Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > It was on the TODO list, and I did exactly what was listed there.  What
> > we have now is a discussion that the TODO item was wrong.
> 
> I don't consider the items on the TODO list to be past the "adequately
> discussed" stage.
> 
> To the topic at hand:  I find reversing the argument order is going to
> silently break a lot of applications.  Removing the syntax altogether
> could be a reasonable choice, but since it doesn't hurt anyone right now
> I'd prefer an advance notice for one release.
> 

Which is what we are doing now.

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